Rail-joint.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. y

TERRY F. MANLETYFOF ANDAIJTUSIALALABAMAT RAIL-J'GINT.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be-it known that 1, {PERRY MANLEY, a citizen-of the :United States,residingat Andalusia, in the county of Covington and State of Alabama,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in :Rail- Joints, ofwhichthe followin israspecification, reference'being had to t eaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certainwimprovements in rail joints andit isan object of the invention to provide a novel and improved joint wherebybounding at the o nt as the rolling stock'passes thereover issubstantially entirely eliminated.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel and improvedrail joint wherein the meeting ends of rails are maintained in assembledrelation by means of a web block.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved railjoint including a web block coacting with the meeting ends of rails andwherein said meeting ends are rested upon a chair together with a holding member engageable with a tie or other support and coacting with boththe block and the chair.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved railjoint whereby certain important advantages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that n1y invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view partly in side elevation and partly insection illustrating a rail joint constructed in accordance with anembodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the joint asillustrated in Fig. 1 with the spikes also in section;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken through the joint as hereindisclosed with the end of one of the rails in elevation; and

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the fish plate or web block as hereinincluded.

As disclosed in the accompanying draw- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 12, 1918.

Patented Nov. 26, 1913.

SeriakNo; 239,604.

upper ortop wall 2 of the opening is 311".

nanged-on-an upward andinward incline arranged on a predetermlned anglerelatlve to thellongitudinalaxis of-therail R. The 11nner wall 3 of theopening 2 is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall thereof.

4 denotes a fish plate arranged at one side of the meeting ends of therails and resting upon the adjacent base flanges thereof and extendingbeyond said flanges and contacting with the longitudinal marginalportion of the chair C. The inner face of the fish plate 4 adjacent itslower longitudinal margin is provided with the inwardly directed block 6having its bottom face straight for contact with the bottom walls of theopenings 1 in the meeting ends of the rails R and the upper face of theblock from its longitudinal center is inclined upwardly and outwardlytoward the opposite ends of the blocks and on the same angle as the topwalls 2 of the openings 1. By this arrangement the block 6 snugly fitswithin the openings 1 in the meeting ends of the rails and serves toeffectively hold the same in assembled relation. The overlying portionsof the fish plate 4 and the chair C are provided with the recesses 7which are adapted to register when the chair C and the fish plate 4 arein assembled relation and said registering recesses 7 receive the 'shankof a spike 8 or other holding member engaged with the tie T. By thisarrangement the chair C is held against creeping on the tie and saidchair G and the meeting ends of the rails R are also effectively heldagainst relative creeping movement.

Although not essential it is preferred that the tie T be provided with atransversely disposed groove or channel 9 to receive the chair C.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a railjoint constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly welladapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which itmay be assembled and operated and it will also be obvious that myinvention is susceptible of some change and modification withoutdeparting from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason Ido not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carryingout my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

In a rail joint, the combination with the meeting ends of rails havingopen end slots in the webs thereof immediately adjacent the baseflanges, the bottom wall of each of said openings being flat and the topwalls of said openings being inwardly and upwardly inclined, a fishplate overlying corresponding faces of the meeting ends of the rails andprovided at one side with a block,

the bottom face of the block being straight and the upper face of theolock being upwardly inclined from substantially its longitudinal centerto its opposite end whereby said block snugly fits within the openingsin the meeting ends of the rail When the fish plate is in appliedposition, and a chair upon which the meeting ends of the rail rest, theouter marginal portion of the fish plate and the adjacent marginalportion of the chair being provided with recesses adapted to registerwhen the fish plate and chair are in applied position, and a holdingmember seating Within said registering recesses.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

PERRY F. MANLEY. lVitnesses:

R. H. JONES, W. J. MERRILL.

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